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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1912
Page
2
The crew of the steamer Zebrugge, which sailed October 12 with arms and ammunition, carried a cargo not intended for Portuguese royalists but for Paraguayan revolutionists as authorities moved to identify the vessel’s true mission and destination.
After a twelve hour search in a driving snowstorm W T Niften a farmer near here found his wife dead buried in snowdrift her chest frozen. Her mother’s body also lay nearby but alive.
In St. Petersburg the council decided not to allow the Salvation Army to continue its operations in Russia. General Wilam W. Bogth, chief of the Salvation, sought government assistance in 1909 to establish a branch, but faced strong opposition from the church synod.
A compilation of terse items covers interior land policy, Dr. Wiley and the conservation congress, Chinese republican leadership, Nebraska primary politics, Cincinnati city government, Missouri Pacific workers’ welfare, a major merger trial in Chicago, Moro capitulation in Jolo, rising funeral carriage rates, New York customs receipts, Mexico extradition rumors, a Black Hand case in South Dakota, a San Luis Potosi jail breakout, a Belvidere murder and Bengal province appointment, Persia treasurer talk, a Kansas Nebraska retail chain founder’s death, U S insane population rise, and Premier Yuan Shi Kai’s actions.
The highway commissioner may declare any county mail route blocked by snow or impassable. Upon notification, the county official must act within 24 hours to reopen the road. Road overseers can call any patron of the route to service, paid 30 cents per hour for labor and 30 cents per hour for teams, funded from the township road fund.
El King of Osceola and J. Broady of Lincoln, members of the state commission, are calling on departments at the state house for ideas to revise the statutes. They seek changes and elimination of conflicting sections and obsolete provisions. They will at present time call on the
The report lists 616 inmates at Lincoln hospital and 280 at Norfolk hospital, totaling 1 994 inmates at the three institutions for the care of the insane in the state.
The record lists the number of officers and employees of the state of Nebraska exclusive of the militia in 861 and notes the count of persons in the unorganized militia subject to service.
Beatrice notes a mandamus suit filed in district court by the Bank of Pickrell against the county to decide if a bank protected by five state bank guarantee laws can be compelled to post bonds to cover deposits of county money.
A political note states a candidate will be placed upon the ballot at the April primaries. The brief confirms official ballot listings and the designated date for the election.
Governor Aldrich paroled Ellick Bogdanovitch serving seven years for assault with intent to kill. Aurora plans a modern mausoleum and forms Aurora Construction Co with $10,000 capital. A Lincoln grocer loses sight in an eye to retinal thrombosis at Christmas dinner. Nebraskan inmate counts rise and railroad finances show mixed results for 1911. Liver Dill law allows municipalities to submit license questions in spring elections.
A fragment advertises a deal offering ten coupons per customer with free delivery. The readable text suggests a single advertisement per customer and emphasizes coupon value and no charge for sending.
A Clayton era dialogue shows two men discussing mysterious pains in the back and head. Jim offers a cure by trusting a famed local doctor described as the greatest bacteriologist in the South. The snippet preserves dialect and social tone of the period.
A farmer’s wife quotes “You can take that ax and get up a appetite for a little dinner” while Meandering Mike responds that he sought “food, not physical culture,” highlighting a terse verbal exchange about nourishment versus strength.
A fragment asserts women are more economical than men in manufacturing and produce without using ready cloth. The remark contrasts male production as reliant on whole cloth versus female skill.
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